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Bringing About And Maintaining A Mature Sentence Style In Undergraduate Students, Mary Beth Tillema

Masters Theses

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Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol

Masters Theses

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A Report Of An Internship Experience With The Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, Michigan, William D. Upton

Masters Theses

This report describes an internship completed at the Business Affairs Office, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the summer of 1977.

An internship in the Business Affairs Office was chosen to enrich the intern's conceptual, human, and technical skills pertaining to school business and finance management. The intern actively participated in the daily activities and responsibilities of each of the nine departments which compose the Business Affairs Office. He had the opportunities to confer and interview the department heads and to observe the daily functions of each department. In addition, the intern assisted in the organization and instruction …

A Central Administration Internship In The Hastings Area School System, Jane M. Skidmore

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A Study Of The Attitudes Of The Non-Science Major Toward Science And Its Importance In Curriculum Design, Larry J. Fairbanks

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to: (1) Identify and explore the non-science majors' attitudes toward science; (2) Use the results of the investigation to design a course to be used by instructors of Earth and Space Science.

Two major instruments were developed to collect data for the study. The first was an Attitude Inventory and the second was a Course Content Inventory. A major goal of the Attitude Inventory was to collect data with which to develop an Attitude Index which could be used to predict those non-science majors who have some "negative" attitudes toward science. The course design …

A Model For Initiating Change In Large Social Systems, Richard E. Ault

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The purpose of this study was to develop a model for introducing change in large social systems. The model was based on (1) a review of existing models, and (2) the analysis of a participant-observer study of an attempt at intraducing large system change. Organization Development was the focal change modality examined. It was intended that the model thus developed would be of utility to the practicing change agent in whatever field--education, social work, community development, government, unions, business, or industry.

From the review of existing models and related literature, it was concluded that a useful model for practitioners would …

Student Profiles And Factors Affecting Student Attrition And Persistence At The University Of Guam, Lorraine Constance Yamashita

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to delineate several dimensions of the attrition problem at the University of Guam, to identify factors which were potentially contributory to the attrition problem and to provide information which could be used as a basis for institutional direction and planning.

Two subproblems were addressed in the study. The first subproblem was to develop a student profile, both academic and demographic, of those who withdrew and those who persisted. The second subproblem was to obtain and evaluate student views on attrition.

Two hypotheses were posited. The first hypothesis was that students who left the University …

Simulation Activities As A Means Of Changing Attitudes And Transmitting Knowledge Of Adaptations And Techniques For Handicapped Individuals To Teacher Trainees, Jo-Alyce K. Peterson

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The Effects On Self Of A Twenty-Three Day Experiential Wilderness Program For Adults: Implications For Counseling, Robert S. Doud

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A Comparison Of Two Systems Of Instruction In Three Sixth-Grade Language Classes, David G. Fossum

Masters Theses

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A Report Of An Internship With The Northwest School District Jackson, Michigan, Catherine M. Campbell

Masters Theses

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Ottawa Intermediate School District Major Internship, Earl J. Spoors

Masters Theses

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The Comparative Effects Of Assignment Size And Pacing Contingencies On The Academic And Social Behavior Of High School Students, Linda M. Campbell

Masters Theses

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Summary Of An Internship In The Portage Public Schools, Franzetta M. Callaway

Masters Theses

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The Use Of Classroom And Home-Based Reinforcement To Increase Verbal Responses To Questions In Preschool Children, Katherine Anne Muir

Masters Theses

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A Report Of An Internship In, And An Analysis Of, The Benton Harbor Area School District, Jeanne O'Brien Yingst

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The Use Of Behavioral Contracting To Eliminate Procrastination In A “Psi” Course, Thomas M. Welsh

Masters Theses

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Godwin Heights Public School District Major Internship, Walter E. Skavnak

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Role And Task Orientation Of Michigan Principals, Mary Starkey Bowman

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Status Of Department Chairpersons As Perceived By Academic College Deans, Department Chairpersons, And Faculty At Western Michigan University, Frances S. Aguon

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A Study Of Selected Administrative Functions In Recreation Performed By Community Education Directors And Recreation Directors In The State Of Michigan, Patrick T. Long

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Administrators' Perceptions Of The “Current” And “Future” Goals For The Student Services Division At Western Michigan University, Robert B. Donaldson Ii

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the administrators' perceptions of "current" (is) and ''future" (should be) goals for the Student Services Division at Western Michigan University. The five groups of administrators surveyed included: Group I which consisted of the President, Vice Presidents, and Associate and Assistant Vice Presidents; Group n which consisted of the Academic Deans and Associate and Assistant Academic Deans: Group m which consisted of the Chairpersons and Heads of Departments; Group IV which consisted of all the Unit Directors in the Student Services Division; and Group V which consisted of a select group of Unit …

Components Of The Technical Skills Inherent In The Role Of The Community Educator, John S. Zemlo

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Effects Of The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, Employing A Computer Generated Prose Interpretation, On Vocational Behavior Of Community College Freshmen, Tony Swerbinsky

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Perceptions Of Adequate Class Room Performance Of Recent Teacher Graduates Of Western Michigan University As Related To Preservice Preparation And Selected Classroom Environmental Variables, Ione M. Wolf

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Science Curriculum Change As It Occurred In A Small Rural Community: A Case Study, William J. Pollard

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Task Group Structuring, A Technique: Comparison Of The Performances Of Groups Led By Trained Versus Nontrained Facilitators, Paul A. Lang

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A Descriptive Study Of Selected Community Education Consortia In Michigan, Michael F. Dixon

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The Clergy And Religious Faith As Factors In Recovery From Bereavement, Maryann Biggers

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The Development And Empirical Validation Of A Concept Analysis Program To Teach The Concepts In B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, Norman Mcleod Peterson

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